While the writing department requires creativity, it also requires a good amount of technical knowledge and familiarity with writing for an interactive medium.
Requirements:
- Examples of prose and novel style writing samples are welcome, but samples that show a grasp on dialogue, such as a script are preferred.
- Experience with writing branching diagloue.
- Advanced proficiency with the English language, and the ability to write dialogue in naturalistic spoken English.
- A provable understanding of editing best practices, with some experience editing the work of others or being edited for publication.
- Ability to create memorable, realistic characters, demonstrating skill at writing from different regions, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Ability to closely match the style, format, and conventions of the other scripts in a project.
- Strong communication skills and experience with incorporating into teams remotely.
- Self organized, comfortable with giving estimates and proactively communicating around timeline.
Additional valuable skills include experience with Bethesda’s Creation Kit, especially implementing dialogue. Editing a wiki. Ownership of Fallout 4 and all its official DLC on PC. We would like to especially encourage submissions from qualified writers of Cuban and/or Haitian descent. It is our goal to create a world that is fun and engaging, and also feels authentic and true to the cultures represented.